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America’s Two Giants to Gather: Expectations and Realities

President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will meet in Washington, D.C. later this week in a highly-anticipated gathering. The two men are not only the presidents of the two largest countries in the Americas, but also the two most important leaders of the conservative right-wing nationalist wave. Trump has never shown real interest […]

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AUTHORITARIANISM DEMOCRACY FOREIGN POLICY SOVEREIGNTY

Bolsonaro, Trump and trance diplomacy

Bolsonaro arrives in Washington with Brazilian diplomacy in a political, administrative and mystical trance. By Marcelo Zero One can best understand Ernesto Araujo – our vibrant, pre-Enlightenment Foreign Relations Minister – as a spiritual being who is detached from materialism. He recently said, for example, that Brazil should not betray its soul and its values […]

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AUTHORITARIANISM DEMOCRACY FASCISM LAWFARE SOVEREIGNTY UNITED STATES

“Our Bastard”: Bolsonaro At The White House

On March 19 2019, extreme-right President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro will meet President Donald Trump in Washington DC, on official invitation to the White House. Whilst Trump sidemen John Bolton, Mike Pompeio, Mark Rubio, and rehabilitated war criminal Elliot Abrams, manipulate, confect and pontificate about the situation in Venezuela, they will entertain a man who […]

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DEMOCRACY POLITICS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

AFL-CIO gives Lula it’s 2019 Human Rights Award

The privileged elites have undermined Brazil’s fragile democratic institutions, especially its judiciary, and took extraordinary and illegal measures to prevent Lula from running for president in October 2018 when all polls predicted his victory. On March 14, 2019, the AFL-CIO labor union confederation, with 12.7 million members in the USA and Canada, awarded its 2019 […]

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30 US Lawmakers warn of risks to Brasil’s Democracy

“Lula was barred from running in controversial circumstances that put at risk the right of the people of Brazil to freely choose their president.” On March 5, 30 Democratic US Congressmen sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, expressing their concern about the regressive trends pushing Brazilian democracy and the threats to the […]

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CULTURE DEMOCRACY POLITICS

Triggered, Bolsonaro commits impeachable offense – tweets porn video

After 5 days of ridicule at the hands of Carnaval goers, right wing extremist President makes homophobic rant and tweets porn video to 3 million followers, including thousands of children. Brazil’s 2019 Carnaval will go down in history as one of the most politicized ever. From tributes to slain Rio de Janeiro socialist city councilwoman Marielle Franco […]

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DEMOCRACY satire SOVEREIGNTY UNDERSTANDING BRASIL

Meet Brazil’s new President: José de Abreu

Taking lead from right wing Venezuelan opposition leader Brazilian actor declares himself President – challenges Juan Guaidó to debate By Brian Mier On February 25, veteran Brazilian character actor José de Abreu announced on Twitter that he was thinking of taking Juan Guaidó’s lead and declaring himself President of Brazil. Minutes later, in the midst […]

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Meltdown: Bolsonaro breaks public disapproval record

As approval rating falls to 38.9%, Bolsonaro sets record for least popular presidential start of the 21st Century. The poll, by CNT/MDA, began measuring presidential popularity at the two-month mark in 1998. by Brian Mier Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January, 2003, in the midst of a currency collapse and one of […]

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AUTHORITARIANISM DEMOCRACY FOREIGN POLICY SOVEREIGNTY

PT moves to block support for Trump’s “humanitarianism”

As the Brazilian government subordinates itself to the US, Workers Party Congressmen move to block support for Trump’s mission in Venezuela. On February 21, PT Congressmen Paulo Pimenta and Paulo Teixeira filed orders to summon Defense Minister General Fernando Azevedo e Silva and Foreign Affairs Minister Ernesto Araújo on February 21st, to explain Brazilian government support […]

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Meet the Military Junta running Brasil

A Junta has taken the power that was left vacant by the cartoon caricatures of Bolsonaro and his sons. Captain Jair may continue living in the Presidential Palace and even play video games in his office in the Capital building. All he has to do is obey his commanding officers, the generals. by Mauro Lopes It was a […]